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Arthrochilus apectus
Arthrochilus oreophilus, commonly known as untidy elbow orchid, is a flowering plant in the orchid family (Orchidaceae) and is endemic to near the tip of Cape York in Queensland, Australia. It has two or three leaves at its base and up to seven pale green, insect-like flowers with reddish glands on its labellum.
Untidy elbow orchid grows in forest on the northern part of the Cape York Peninsula.
Dark elbow orchid · Phoringopsis byrnesii · Swamp elbow orchid · Green truffle orchid · Common elbow orchid · Clubbed elbow orchid · Arthrochilus laevicallus · Robust elbow orchid · Glaucous truffle orchid · Montane elbow orchid · Wispy elbow orchid · Rosetted elbow orchid
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Arthrochilus apectus by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
